Leavitt
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Leavitt is a surname most notably associated with Henrietta Swan Leavitt, the American astronomer whose work on variable stars enabled the measurement of cosmic distances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leavitt canonical | 5 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American astronomer
ⓘ
person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1868-07-04 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| contributedTo | establishment of the cosmic distance scale ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deathDate | 1921-12-12 ⓘ |
| discovered | period–luminosity relation of Cepheid variable stars ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Oberlin College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Radcliffe College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard College Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Leavitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenNames | Henrietta Swan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Henrietta Swan Leavitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Edwin Hubble
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
measurement of extragalactic distances ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of the period–luminosity relation for Cepheid variables
ⓘ
enabling measurement of cosmic distances ⓘ study of variable stars ⓘ |
| memberOf | Harvard Computers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableWork | 1912 paper on Cepheid variables in the Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ |
| occupation | computer at Harvard College Observatory ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lancaster, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
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